Kaspars Bērziņš

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Kaspars Bērziņš
Lokomotiv Kuban
2017–2018VEF Rīga
2018–2019BK Ogre
2019Saratov Avtodor
2019–2020BK Ogre
2020–2021BC Šiauliai
2021–2022Lietkabelis Panevėžys
2022Juventus Utena
2022–2023SIG Strasbourg
2023New Taipei CTBC DEA
2023Rīgas Zeļli
2023–presentReal Betis
Career highlights and awards
  • T1 League champion (2023)
  • FIBA EuroCup
    winner (2008)
  • 4×
    Latvian League
    champion (2008, 2011–2013)

Kaspars Bērziņš (born 25 August 1985)[1] is a Latvian professional basketball player. He has also represented the senior Latvian national team.

Professional career

Kaspars started playing basketball in his hometown of

FIBA EuroCup. In both of those seasons, Bērziņš played together with Andris Biedriņš. In 2004, both of them left Skonto. Biedriņš was drafted in the NBA by the Golden State Warriors, while Bērziņš moved to Spain, where he joined Unicaja Málaga. He briefly played for Unicaja's first team, where he competed in one game in the ACB league, scoring two points, but most of his season was spent with the junior team in the EBA
, Spain's second division.

For the 2004–2005 season, Bērziņš moved back to Latvia, playing a big role for Skonto. He averaged 13.0 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.0 blocks in 21.3 minutes in the

FIBA EuroCup as well. 2008–2009 was his best season with Barons, when he was the team's top inside presence for most of the season, averaging 14.0 points, 8.rebounds and 1.9 blocks in 28 games of domestic competition.[2]

In July 2009, Bērziņš participated in the NBA Summer League, playing for the Phoenix Suns.[3] After playing for Phoenix in the Summer League competition, Bērziņš signed a contract with Spain's ACB League club Fuenlabrada.[4] Later, he also played for Cáceres Ciudad del Baloncesto, but in July 2010, he signed a two-year contract with VEF Rīga.[5] He re-signed with VEF Rīga for three more years in 2012.[6]

In February 2014, he went back to Spain and signed with Río Natura Monbús for the rest of the 2013–14 ACB season.[7]

On 21 August 2014, Bērziņš signed with Russian club

Lokomotiv Kuban for the rest of the season.[11]

On February 21, 2023, Bērziņš signed with New Taipei CTBC DEA of the T1 League.[12]

Latvia national team

Kaspars Bērziņš averaged 16.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 1.1 blocks for Latvia at the 2005 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.

Bērziņš has been a regular member of the Latvia national team.

References

  1. NBA.com. Archived from the original
    on 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
  2. ^ Player profile at basket.lv
  3. ^ "Phoenix Suns Summer League roster 2009". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
  4. ^ baloncestofuenlabrada.com
  5. ^ "VEF RIGA tabs Kaspars Berzins". Archived from the original on 2013-08-27. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
  6. ^ VEF RIGA re-signs Berzins through 2015
  7. ^ Río Natura Monbús adds Kaspars Berzins (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Kaspars Berzins and Scottie Reynolds sign with Krasnye Krylya Samara
  9. ^ Kaspars Berzins moves to Nizhny Novgorod
  10. ^ Kaspars Berzins signing with Zenit St. Petersburg
  11. ^ Lokomotiv Kuban signs Kaspars Berzins
  12. ^ "7呎歐陸長人加盟特攻！光哥：兼具外線投射能力". ETtoday. February 21, 2023. Retrieved February 21, 2023.

External links

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